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International Relations

Errata
Item Change Date
1.

The following units are not available in 2016:

GOVT6136 Asia Pacific Politics

GOVT6158 Comparative Politics of Latin America

GOVT6220 The State, Secession, and Civil War

11/3/2016
 2.

The following unit is available in 2016. The session has changed:

USSC6902 US Politics: Presidency and Congress Session: Winter School
 

11/3/2016
Unit of study Credit points A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition Session

International Relations

Candidates for the Graduate Certificate in International Relations are required to complete 24 credit points, including a minimum of 12 credit points of core units of study and a maximum of 12 credit points of core elective units of study.
Candidates for the Graduate Diploma in International Relations are required to complete 48 credit points, including a minimum of 12 credit points of core units of study, a minimum of 24 credit points of core elective units of study, and a maximum of 12 credit points of elective units of study.
Candidates for the Master of International Relations are required to complete 96 credit points, including a minimum of 30 credit points of core units of study, a minimum of 24 credit points of core elective units of study, a maximum of 36 credit points of elective units of study (which can include an optional minor as listed in the unit of study table), and a minimum of 6 credit points of capstone units of study.
Core
All Masters students will complete the following two core units:
GOVT6137
Forces of Change in Int Relations
6      Semester 2
GOVT6147
Foundations of International Relations
6      Semester 1
Masters students completing 72 or 96 credit points must also complete:
GOVT6116
International Organisations
6      Semester 1
Masters students completing 96 credit points will also need to complete:
GOVT6119
International Security
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
GOVT6123
Globalisation and Governance
     Semester 1
Core elective units of study
GOVT6100
Foundations of Comparative Politics
6      Semester 2
GOVT6108
Democracy and Development in SE Asia
     Semester 1
GOVT6109
Political Regimes and Regime Transition
6      Semester 2
GOVT6111
Chinese Politics
6      Semester 1
GOVT6116
International Organisations
6      Semester 1
GOVT6119
International Security
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
GOVT6121
Northeast Asian Politics
6      Semester 1
GOVT6123
Globalisation and Governance
     Semester 1
GOVT6135
Global Environmental Politics
6      Semester 1
GOVT6136
Asia Pacific Politics
6      Semester 1
GOVT6137
Forces of Change in Int Relations
6      Semester 2
GOVT6138
Gender, Family and the State
6      Semester 2
GOVT6147
Foundations of International Relations
6      Semester 1
GOVT6150
Comparative Democratic Politics
6      Semester 2
GOVT6156
Governance and Civil Society
6      Semester 1
GOVT6159
Emotions Agendas and Public Policy
6      Semester 2
GOVT6220
The State, Secession, and Civil War
6      Semester 1
GOVT6222
Australian Enviro Politics and Policy
6      Semester 1
GOVT6223
Topics in Environmental Politics
6      Semester 2
GOVT6225
Essential Readings in Int'l Relations
6      Semester 1
GOVT6301
Public Sector Ethics and Corruption
6      Semester 2
GOVT6304
Development and World Politics
6      Semester 2
GOVT6311
Issues in Public Policy

This unit of study is not available in 2016

6      Semester 2
GOVT6313
Leadership in Theory and Practice
6      Semester 2
GOVT6316
Policy Making, Power and Politics
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
GOVT6319
Governance and Public Policy Making
6      Semester 1
GOVT6331
Public Management and Governance
     Semester 2
GOVT6336
Media Politics
6      Semester 1
GOVT6357
International Policy Making
6      Semester 1
GOVT6358
Comparative Migration Policy
6      Semester 2
GOVT6359
US-China Relations
6      Semester 1
CISS6001
New Security Challenges
6      Semester 2
CISS6002
Strategy and Security in the Asia-Pacific
6      Semester 1
CISS6004
Health and Security
     Semester 1
CISS6006
Statebuilding and 'Fragile States'
6      Semester 2
CISS6008
Population and Security

This unit of study is not available in 2016

6      Semester 2
CISS6011
Special Topic in International Security

This unit of study is not available in 2016

6      Summer Main
CISS6013
Middle East Conflict and Security
6    N GOVT6154
Intensive December
CISS6015
Alliances and Coalition Warfare

This unit of study is not available in 2016

6      Semester 2
CISS6016
Chinese Foreign and Security Policy
6      Semester 2
CISS6017
Transnational Threats and Organised Crime
6      Semester 2
CISS6018
Nuclear Arms Control and Non-proliferation
6      Semester 2
CISS6019
War and Strategy

This unit of study is not available in 2016

6      Semester 2
CISS6020
Geopolitics of Energy Security in Asia

This unit of study is not available in 2016

6      Summer Main
CISS6022
Cybersecurity
     Semester 2
USSC6903
US Foreign and National Security Policy
6      Semester 2
USSC6907
American Exceptionalism
6      Semester 2
Capstone units of study
Students completing a Masters in International Relations are required to complete at least 6 credit points of capstone units of study. Students complete either of the following two capstone options;
(1) Semester-long research project
GOVT6127
Research Project/Essay
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
(2) Year-long dissertation project
GOVT6139
Research Design
6      Semester 1
GOVT6340
Dissertation Part 1
6    P Completion of 4 postgraduate units - 75% or above average

Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
GOVT6341
Dissertation Part 2
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
Elective units of study
Students who take 18 credits within a single cognate discipline with relevance to International Relations will have a Minor recorded. The students must satisfy any prerequisite requirements set by the offering Department or Centre, as well as any prerequisites set by individual units of study, before they could enroll in any unit of study.
Foreign Language
ASNS6010
Asian Language Acquisition 1
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
ASNS6011
Asian Language Acquisition 2
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
ASNS6012
Asian Language Acquisition 3
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
ASNS6013
Asian Language Acquisition 4
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
EUST7010
European Language Acquisition 1
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
EUST7011
European Language Acquisition 2
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
EUST7012
European Language Acquisition 3
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
EUST7013
European Language Acquisition 4
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
Economics
ECON6001
Microeconomics Analysis 1
6    P ECON5001
Semester 1
Semester 2
ECON6002
Macroeconomics Analysis 1
6    P ECON5002
Semester 1
Semester 2
ECON6006
Market Structure and Strategic Behaviour
6    P ECON6001 or ECOF6080
Semester 2
ECON6008
International Money and Finance
6    P ECON5002
Semester 1
ECON6009
Economics of the Labour Market
6    P ECON6001 or ECON6002
Semester 2
ECON6010
Public Economics
6    P ECON6001 and ECON6002
Semester 2
ECON6016
Trade and Development
6    P ECON5001 or ECON5002
Semester 2
ECON6018
Environmental Economics
6    P ECON5001
Semester 1
ECON6021
Financial Economics
6    P ECON6001 and ECON6002
Semester 2
ECON6023
International Trade
6    P ECON6001
Semester 1
ECON6025
Strategic Decision Making
6    P ECON6001 or ECOF6080
Semester 1
ECON6027
Experimental Economics

This unit of study is not available in 2016

6    P ECON6001
Semester 2
ECON6101
Special Topic in Economics
6    P ECON5001 and ECON5002

Note: Department permission required for enrolment
Students must seek written permission from the School of Economics Postgraduate Coordinator to enrol in this unit.
Semester 1
Semester 2
Political Economy
ECOP6101
Core Concepts in Political Economy
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
ECOP6103
Strategic Debates on Economic Change
6      Semester 1
ECOP6031
Research in Political Economy
6      Semester 2
ECOP6010
International Trade Regulation

This unit of study is not available in 2016

6      Semester 1
ECOP6011
USA-Europe-Japan: From Growth to Crisis
6      Semester 1
ECOP6015
Global Employment and Migration
6      Semester 2
ECOP6016
China in the World Economy

This unit of study is not available in 2016

6      Semester 1
ECOP6018
Economic Development: Growth and Wellbeing
6      Semester 1
ECOP6101
Core Concepts in Political Economy
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
ECOP6103
Strategic Debates on Economic Change
6      Semester 1
ECOP6108
Economic Management for Sustainability
6      Semester 2
ECOP6130
Human Rights and International Development
6    N SCLG6912


This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 2
ECOP6901
Finance and Economic Change
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
Peace and Conflict Studies
PACS6901
United Nations, Peace and Security
6      Semester 1
PACS6909
Cultures of Violence

This unit of study is not available in 2016

6      Semester 1
PACS6911
Key Issues in Peace and Conflict Studies
6    N SCWK6930
Semester 1
Semester 2
PACS6912
Nonviolence: Philosophy and Practice

This unit of study is not available in 2016

6    C SCWK6930
N SCWK6933
Winter Main
PACS6913
Conflict in Organisations
6    N SCWK6934
Summer Late
PACS6914
Conflict-Resolving Media
   N SCWK6935
Intensive August
PACS6915
Human Rights, Peace and Justice
6    N SCWK6941
Semester 2
PACS6917
Religion, War and Peace

This unit of study is not available in 2016

6      Semester 2
PACS6921
Peace of Mind: The Psychology of Peace
6      Intensive March
PACS6922
Peaceful Conflict Transformation
6      Semester 1
PACS6923
The Human Right to Food
6      Semester 2
PACS6924
Democracy in the Developing World
6      Semester 1
PACS6925
Peace and the Global Compact
     Semester 2
PACS6927
Transitional Justice and Peacebuilding

This unit of study is not available in 2016

6      Intensive September
PACS6928
Community Mediation: Theory and Practice
6      Summer Early
PACS6930
Ethics for a Sustainable Peace
6      Semester 1
PACS6934
Conflict-Sensitive Development Practice

This unit of study is not available in 2016

6    P PACS6911 or DVST6901
N SCWK6930
Summer Early
Winter Main
Sociology, Social Policy and Development
SCLG6901
Citizenship Rights and Social Movements
6    N SCWK6901


This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 1
SCLG6918
Introductory Quantitative Methods

This unit of study is not available in 2016

6      Semester 1
SCLG6903
New Debates in Social Theory
6      Semester 2
HRTD6901
Human Rights: Norms and Mechanisms 1
6      Semester 1
Semester 2
HRTD6904
Democratisation: Theory and Practices
6   

This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 2
DVST6901
Development: Civil Society and Wellbeing
6    N SSCP6900


This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 1
DVST6902
Development: Communication and Education
6    N SSCP6901


This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 2
DVST6904
Rethinking Poverty
6   

This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 1
Semester 2
DVST6905
Development Project Evaluation
6      Semester 1
DVST6906
Culture and Politics of Health Development
6      Semester 2
SCLG6902
Doing Social Research
6    N SCLG3003
Semester 1
SCLG6903
New Debates in Social Theory
6      Semester 2
HRTD6906
The Philosophy of Human Rights
6    N PHIL7607


This unit is delivered at the University of Sydney.
Semester 2
International Law
LAWS6047
Law of the Sea
6      Intensive April
LAWS6061
International Environmental Law
6   

Students seeking further study in international environmental law may undertake LAWS6922 Advanced International Environmental Law.
Intensive April
LAWS6062
International Law-the Use of Armed Force
6    N LAWS3483 or LAWS5183
Intensive April
LAWS6119
The State and Global Governance

This unit of study is not available in 2016

6   

Note: This unit replaced LAWS6119 Theories of International Law. Master of Law and International Development students may undertake this unit as an elective or capstone unit.
Intensive September
LAWS6218
International Humanitarian Law
6    N LAWS3483 or LAWS5183
Intensive September
LAWS6243
International Law I
6    N LAWS5005


This unit replaced LAWS6243 Public International Law. This unit is compulsory for MIL and GradDipIntLaw students who have not completed any previous study in international law and must be taken during the first semester of candidature. This unit is not available to MLawIntDev students who have been granted a reduced volume of learning. This unit is available as one of the core units for GradDipIntBusLaw students.
Intensive March
Semester 2
LAWS6856
Anti-Terrorism Law
6    N CISS6011


This unit replaced LAWS6856 Terrorism and Counterterrorism Policy and Law.
Intensive September
LAWS6865
International Dispute Resolution

This unit of study is not available in 2016

6    N LAWS6202


This unit replaced LAWS6865 International Dispute Resolution: Principles and LAWS6865 International Dispute Resolution: Theory & Practice.
Intensive September
LAWS6916
International Investment Law
6      Intensive August
LAWS6161
International Human Rights
6    N GOVT6117


Available to MLLR students who commence after Jan 2015.
Intensive August
LAWS6846
Human Rights and the Global Economy
6    N LAWS5178


Master of Law and International Development students may undertake this unit as an elective or capstone unit
Intensive August
LAWS6928
Law, Justice and Development
6    N LAWS3478


This unit is compulsory for MLawIntDev students and replaced LAWS6928 Law and Economic Development.
Intensive April
US Studies
USSC6902
US Politics: Presidency and Congress

This unit of study is not available in 2016

6      Intensive May
USSC6903
US Foreign and National Security Policy
6      Semester 2
USSC6906
US Constitution
6      Semester 1
USSC6907
American Exceptionalism
6      Semester 2
USSC6905
US Economic Policy and Regulation

This unit of study is not available in 2016

6      Semester 2
USSC6917
The American City

This unit of study is not available in 2016

6      Semester 2
USSC6920
US Media: Politics, Culture, Technology
6      Semester 2
USSC6901
Fundamentals of US Studies
6      Semester 1
USSC6910
Special Topics in US Studies
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2
Summer Main
USSC6205
Internship Project
6   
Note: Department permission required for enrolment

Semester 1
Semester 2

Writing Hub

WRIT6000
Professional Writing
6      Semester 2
WRIT6001
Professional Editing
     Semester 1